Society and the Supernatural in Song China

Edward L. Davis

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2001

Society and the Supernatural in Song China

Edward L. Davis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824864361

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Society and the Supernatural in Song China is at once a meticulous examination of spirit possession and exorcism in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a social history of the full panoply of China's religious practices and practitioners at the moment when she was poised to dominate the world economy. Although the Song dynasty (960-1276) is often identified with the establishment of Confucian orthodoxy, Edward Davis demonstrates the renewed vitality of the dynasty's Taoist, Buddhist, and local religious traditions. He charts the rise of hundreds of new temple-cults and the lineages of clerical exorcists and vernacular priests; the increasingly competitive interaction among all practitioners of therapeutic ritual; and the wide social range of their patrons and clients.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Therapeutic Movements in the Song: Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. New Therapeutic Movements in the Song: Practitioners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. The Cult of the Black Killer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5. The Daoist Ritual Master and Child-Mediums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6. Tantric Exorcists and Child-Mediums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7. Daoist Priests, Confucian Literati, and Child-Mediums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
8. Spirit-Possession and the Grateful Dead: Daoist and Buddhist Mortuary Ritual in the Song Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
9. The Syncretic Field of Chinese Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Appendix: Huanglu jiao and Shuilu zhai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 368

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Published: June 1, 2001
ISBN: 9780824864361